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Drafted: June 8, 1965: Tom was Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round
(633rd Overall) of the 1965 amateur draft.

Fred from North Bellmore, NY writes: You are right about Jack Reed being called "Mantle's
Legs" but there was another player, Tom Shopay, that was the first Yankee Player
to be called "Mantle's Legs". He had a short run with the Yankees, [8 games in
'67 and 28 games in '69 before he became a rule 5 pick-up by Baltimore.] He
actually was with Baltimore in the [World Series in 1971.] Shopay was given that
nickname but Jack Reed had a longer stint with the Yankees and Tom Shopay has
been forgotten. I actually had a chance to meet Mantle at his restaurant in NYC
and he had forgot Tom Shopay but he remembered when I mentioned his name. He
then actually told me the story of that game you mentioned where Reed hit the
homer as Stengel took him out of the game when they had a big lead and Mantle hit one or two homers in
that game earlier. Casey, he told me, was mad at him as he was "hung over" from
the night before and made him play that day.

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